Aug. 21, 2018
Washington, D.C. — The Regional Airline Association, the industry trade association representing North American regional airlines, today announced the appointment of Aaron Karp as Communications Director. Before joining RAA, Karp spent nearly 20 years as an aviation journalist with some of the leading publications covering the airline and aircraft manufacturing industries, including Flight International , Air Transport World and Aviation Week . Most recently, he served as Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Daily . He is known for incisive reporting and writing about a broad range of issues in commercial aviation, and the regional airline industry has long been a key focus of his. Karp joins RAA with an in-depth understanding of the issues facing regional airlines.
“I am delighted to welcome Aaron to our team,” stated Faye Malarkey Black, RAA’s President. “Aaron rose to the top of a highly competitive pool of candidates after a comprehensive search for the open position. Aaron is a gifted writer with a proven ability to create compelling content and has already shared ideas for elevating RAA’s communications and orienting it more strongly to our mission and strategic objectives.”
Karp began his career covering Congress and the Clinton Administration for the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jack Anderson and holds a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
About RAA
The Regional Airline Association (RAA) provides a unified voice of advocacy for North American regional airlines aimed at promoting a safe, reliable, and robust regional airline industry. RAA serves as an important support network connecting regional airlines, industry business partners, and government regulators, and promotes the interests of regional airlines in a changing business environment. In the United States, regional airlines operate 42 percent of scheduled passenger flights and provide the only source of scheduled air service to two-thirds of the nation’s airports.